UIDAI working to take Aadhaar global: CEO

India needs export push to cut BRICS trade gap

Sep 12 National Lok Adalat in Delhi postponed

Josh Blake joins Leicestershire after departing Surrey for more playing time

Wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Blake has signed a deal with Leicestershire after choosing to leave Surrey. Blake had been associated with Surrey since the age of nine, spending the majority of his cricketing development at The Oval. Despite his long-standing ties with the club, he found first-team opportunities limited and decided to seek a fresh start. Leicestershire secured his signature as he looks to establish himself as a regular player at county level.

Anthropic India MD: AI Must Go Beyond Speed and Efficiency

Anthropic India Managing Director Irina Ghose has emphasized that artificial intelligence needs to deliver more than just speed and operational efficiency. Speaking about India's potential, Ghose highlighted that the country represents a massive opportunity given its population of over one billion people. She argued that true AI value lies in addressing problems at scale rather than merely optimizing existing processes. According to Ghose, India's vast scale is precisely the environment where AI can demonstrate its real-world worth.

Plain HTTP Crawler Automates Contact Info Extraction from Company Websites

A developer has built an open-source tool called website-lead-extractor that automates the process of harvesting contact information from company websites, a task that traditionally consumes hours of manual work. Given a starting URL, the crawler uses Crawlee's CheerioCrawler to navigate within the same domain up to a chosen depth, extracting emails, phone numbers, and social media profile links from raw HTML. Because it relies on plain HTTP requests rather than a headless browser, it is fast and inexpensive to run but cannot retrieve content that loads dynamically via JavaScript. This makes it well-suited for static or server-rendered sites, which represent the majority of small and mid-sized business websites, though heavily client-rendered pages may yield incomplete results. The tool is available as an open-source project on GitHub and also as a hosted Apify actor requiring no local setup.

Bridge Construction Beam Collapse in Bihar Leaves Dozens Injured

A beam launcher used in bridge construction collapsed in Bihar, injuring dozens of people. The incident occurred at a site where a bridge was being built under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Officials confirmed the project was an NHAI undertaking at the time of the accident. Rescue and relief operations were launched following the structural failure. Authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse.

25 years of 9/11: How cinema remembered, mourned and questioned

Adhikari warns Jadavpur University of firm action over anti-India slogans

West Bengal minister Adhikari addressed the state assembly, warning that the government would take a tough stance against anti-national slogans raised on the Jadavpur University campus. He invoked Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose rather than Mahatma Gandhi to signal a more assertive response to such activities. Adhikari specifically called out slogans like 'Bharat tere tukde honge' and demands for Kashmir's freedom as unacceptable. At the same time, he announced that Jadavpur University would receive Rs 1,300 crore in government grants. The remarks drew attention for their sharp tone, combining a major funding announcement with a stern warning to those deemed to be promoting divisive rhetoric.

7 Free and Open-Source Jira Alternatives for Teams Working With AI Agents

As AI coding agents become active contributors in software development, the demands on project management tools are evolving beyond traditional human-focused workflows. Tools must now support structured task handoffs, parallel agent activity, and review processes for agent-generated work. A roundup published on DEV Community highlights seven free or open-source Jira alternatives worth considering in 2026, including Plane, which offers a self-hosted Community Edition under the AGPL-3.0 license. These platforms vary in their approach, with some offering free cloud tiers and others relying on self-hosting for no-cost access. The piece emphasizes evaluating tools not just on classic project tracking features but on how well they integrate into hybrid human-and-agent development environments.

NASA's Retiring Swift Observatory Takes Final Observations Before Reentry

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is nearing the end of its operational life as it gradually falls out of orbit. Before its atmospheric reentry, scientists have reactivated the satellite's onboard telescopes to conduct a final round of observations. The move allows researchers to extract last-minute scientific data from the aging spacecraft. Swift has long been valued for its ability to detect and study gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic events.

Ex-OpenAI and Anthropic Researcher Warns AI Labs Moving Too Fast to Control

A researcher who claims to have spent three years at OpenAI and Anthropic publicly resigned this week, warning that leading AI labs are advancing toward systems that may become hard to control. His concern highlights a broader governance gap: AI tools are no longer just answering questions but actively executing commands, modifying files, and taking real-world actions. Most engineering teams lack a unified, reviewable record of what AI-assisted tasks actually do and why. The article argues that organizations do not need to wait for a superintelligence scenario to start making AI actions transparent and auditable. It introduces Chron, an open-source, local-first audit tool designed to log AI activity with tamper-evident records, positioning accountable evidence as a practical step every team can take now.

Why Developers Are Ditching Cloud Bookmarks for Self-Hosted, SQLite-Powered Tools

Privacy concerns around cloud bookmark services have pushed developers and power users toward self-hosted alternatives in 2026, as platforms like Pocket face uncertain futures following corporate layoffs and acquisitions. Cloud services can track saved links, build behavioral profiles, and share reading data with ad networks, making personal bookmark lists a surprisingly sensitive data asset. Open-source tools such as linkding, Shiori, Wallabag, and Linkwarden allow users to run private, searchable bookmark managers on local hardware or a self-controlled VPS. SQLite powers most of these tools, requiring as little as 50 MB of RAM and offering a single portable database file with no server daemon or complex configuration. Linkding, considered the most popular self-hosted option in 2026, can be deployed in under ten minutes using Docker, eliminating subscriptions, tracking, and vendor lock-in entirely.

Apple Rolls Out Videos, Labs, and Q&As to Help Developers Prep for iPhone Duo

Apple has launched a set of developer resources to help prepare for the upcoming iPhone Duo platform. Developers are invited to watch newly released videos covering features and development guidelines for the device. Group Labs are also available, offering hands-on sessions with direct support from Apple engineers. Additionally, Q&A sessions on the Apple Developer Forums allow developers to get technical questions answered by the community. The initiative reflects Apple's effort to build a strong app ecosystem ahead of the new hardware's release.

7 workers injured after Bihar bridge collapses

Trump Mobile T1 Phone Price Jumps $250 to $749 Without Announcement

Trump Mobile has quietly raised the price of its T1 Phone from $499 to $749, a $250 increase, without any public announcement. The change was made overnight on the company's website, with no alterations to the phone's hardware or features. The T1 Phone offers 512GB of storage and 12GB of RAM. Company executives had previously described the original $499 price as 'introductory,' and the website had briefly labeled it a 'promotional price' before that language was also removed.

Indian couple donates Rs 191 crore to US varsity

Apple Opens App Store Submissions for iOS 27, macOS 27, and All New OS Versions

Apple has opened App Store submissions for apps built on its latest platforms, including iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, and watchOS 27. Developers are advised to use Xcode 27 Release Candidate, test via TestFlight, and submit apps built with the latest SDKs. A major shift for macOS developers is that macOS 27 will be Apple Silicon-only, ending Intel Mac and Rosetta support after macOS 26. Starting April 2027, apps across all Apple platforms must be built using their respective OS 27 SDKs or later. Additional requirements include updated age rating disclosures for social media apps and new App Store product page assets.

Why Identity and AI Gateways Must Come First in Enterprise AI Adoption

Enterprises adopting AI tools face foundational risks when employees use personal accounts and self-managed API keys, creating gaps in access control and cost visibility. A structured approach places identity management and an AI gateway as the first stage of deployment, ensuring every request is tied to a company-issued identity. Role-based scopes determine what each user can access, while a secrets manager ensures credentials are stored securely and never shared manually. An AI gateway handles routing, rate limiting, budget tracking, logging, and data protection filters for all calls to cloud LLM APIs. Establishing these controls from day one enables later stages—such as role-scoped data retrieval and per-team budget caps—to function reliably.

Issue Trackers Lack a Private Draft Stage, Creating Costly Team Confusion

Most issue trackers move ideas directly onto a shared board the moment they are created, skipping any private preparation phase. This forces half-formed thoughts to become public work items instantly, often triggering premature comments, scope disputes, and misdirected effort. The author argues that capturing an idea and preparing a task are fundamentally different activities, and conflating them means teams either inherit unnecessary friction at the capture stage or skip preparation entirely. Editing a task privately costs nothing, but revising a published ticket requires notifying commenters, correcting anyone who has started work, and re-litigating decisions already made. The proposed fix is a dedicated draft state that keeps new items invisible to the team until a deliberate, criteria-based publish action signals the task is genuinely ready.